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Swamps Poems - Poems about Swamps

The New Call of the River Nun

...From the rising sun in the east
To casted shadows after dark in the west,
Our tribal marked faces show,
A timeless story, aglow.
Seasons come and go,
Hiding shades and dimmed sparks.
Beneath th...
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Categories: swamps, africa, environment, identity, inspirational,
Form: Verse

Voices From The Swamp

...The voices of the poor and or poverty ridden cry out from the lopsided political swamps for help or some kind of meagre assistance.
Drowning in the quagmire of neglect from the rich 1percent.
Total...
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Categories: swamps, 12th grade, abuse, age,
Form: Ballad



Premium MemberFBI IDENTITY FRAUD CRIMINAL INTENT WRONGFUL DEATH OF FBI INFORMANT

...SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND RESTLESSNESS BEGAN TO SHATTER MY EXISTENCE BY WAY OF THE IMPOSTER HIRED BY SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND TO PERPUTRTATE FRAUD UPON ME SHE ATTEMPTED TO ERASE ME ERASE THE FACT SH...
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Categories: swamps, allah,
Form: Naat

Premium MemberSwans and Snakes

...A million dollars will shut a thousand mouths
forever seal black books 
seed a million clouds
place bodies in swamps
and swaying from meat hooks
and far- far underground. 
A billion dollars can...
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Categories: swamps, anxiety, corruption,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberForests of Green Coniferous Trees

...Forests of Green Coniferous Trees

Forests of evergreen conifers
(Fir, spruce, cedar, pine, and hemlock trees)
Keep their colour throughout the seasons
And don’t shed foliage in autumn.
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Categories: swamps, nature, tree,
Form: Verse



Premium MemberHome

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We all have beginnings somewhere,
a place where the soul first took root
and drew its history, fixed a compass 
point, a pin in a map to mark its home.
For me it was here
where the horizon beg...
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Categories: swamps, history, home, river,
Form: Free verse

Depression

...Depression at night. 
It is a sound. 
It could be a tree branch.
Or someone in need of help who is knocking on doors, hoping someone will save them.
It could be a dog. 
Or a train. 
Anything co...
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Categories: swamps, depression,
Form: Free verse

The Woods of Four dimensions

...Washed ashore on the lost island

Skin already peeling on the beach

Burning from the hot green summer sun

Meat melting off to become bone

Jumping back into the water

Cooling off with th...
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Categories: swamps, appreciation, creation, happy, mountains,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberEXTREME ABUSE OF POWER HACKING INTO SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY

...DEATH THREATS POURED IN DURING MY STROKE AND ANEURYSM AS MY STALKER JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY ABUSED HER POWER AND BEGAN EXTORTING MY SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS WHILE MY DISABLED HUSBAND SUPPORTED ME WI...
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Categories: swamps, allah,
Form: Naat

Premium MemberRat trap

...The ancient scriptures are both boon and bane
on one hand holding out a ray of hope
yet also becoming a thought form chain
letting us not with light of truth elope.
Each breath we take anchors us...
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Categories: swamps, faith, irony, religion, spiritual,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

Premium MemberProud To Be Canadian

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"From sea to sea to sea" 

I love my Canada and I am proud to be a Canadian
and share this county with the Aboriginals, French, English
Irish and many other nationalities ...
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Categories: swamps, pride,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberGator Sack

...In the twilight's glow, a wild allure,
I find a treasure, rugged yet pure.
“I want to hold your gator sack,
Its rugged charm pulls me off track.”

Beneath my collar, heat does rise,
A mystery w...
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Categories: swamps, fun, funny love, giggle,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberNIGHT HIKE

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We took a guided hike through a park last night…a beautiful natural preserve.
and in the dark it is amazing…all the things we could observe.

As the crickets serenaded us…at an alligator on the ...
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Categories: swamps, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberGifts of silence

...What if silence too is a script we conjure,
tapping into subconscious mind, befooling
ourselves, as we sidestep the truth of what is …
   bemused by ego?

Trapped in swamps of dark desires, boun...
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Categories: swamps, silence, spiritual, truth,
Form: Sapphic stanza

Witch's heart

...Nimbus sheathes, laden heart's dark swamps.
Gush the insides out, a hollow, eerie remain.
Crimson cascade moat round, forbid ramps.
Notions of brick and steel, power's sweet regain.
A firm cage h...
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Categories: swamps, angst, art, blue, dark,
Form: Rhyme Royal

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